The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-28

houJ S8tu Lazy NAY WATu QeclSlVely.
eve must be very careful not to
frighten any one and keep our own
counsel. Ride over to the town early
to-mmorrow morning, and telegraph
to Scotland Yard fer q detective to
come down disguised to the ball.
There will be SO many people the SER
wants won't have time to notice him.
He must stop on as a visitor until he
finds out something"
THAT will dol" exclaimed Lord
Hayward.
Nov CO." said Lady Hayward,
ringing the bell for Taylor; II must
dress at once"
AS he went out he met the maid in
the doorway, and gave her O. more
curious look than usual. The result
was only to give up his idea as prepos
ferrous. She had a very gentle, good
lace; her soft brown hair, brushed
smoothly over her ears, gave it a
most Puritanic look. Lady Hayward
had made something OF a friend of
her, and the girl had never presumed in
the least upon it, but had always re-
tanned her subdued, sweet manner.
Lady Hayward scrutinized her, too,
during the process of dressing, but she
shrank from the thoughts in her own
mind. She had grown fond of her
treasure of maid, and felt ashamed
of herself for her quickly suppressed
suspicious.
Early next morning the telegram
was sent to Scotland Yard by Lord
Hayward, who rode over alone to
send it, and waited for the answer.
The reply seemed to please him, and
he rode back in good spirits to a late
breakfast. He evenfaced, with moder-
ate cheerfulness, Lady Hayward's
eldest sister, who was in a frightful
state about her necklace. This lady
was one of his pet diversions; she was
not pretty or clever, like his wife, but
she was more irreproachable, more
moral, more perfect, and she was an
old maid. Probably she was tine only
person in the world OF whom Lady
Hayward was afraid. Miss Collette
was a severe censor in all things, and
kept her eyeglass well fixed on her
younger sister, who had an important
position to fill before the world. At
present Miss Colletts was very angry
because she did not know what was
being done about the thefts; and she
held that she ought to have been one
of the council. But Lady Hayward
was obstinate; she had found out be-.
fore that the exemplary Cecilia could
not hold her tongue.
This extreme discretion having been
observed, the Scotland Yard detective
arrived, as O. visitor. and no one paid
any particular attention to him. He
was very quiet, and adopted the char
acter of the nan who could not dance,
ortalk or do anything, and it answer
ed admirably. A number of other men
with superb shirt fronts hung about the
doorways and looked bored; MI.
Hawk was admirably gotten up for
the purpose, and had only to mingle
with these Others and look as bored
as they. Lady Hayward was de.
lighted at this excellent effacemsnt oil
himself and kept her eye on him with
great interest. She managed to speak
to him very late, when the party was
breaking up. He had discovered
SO far-not even a ''clew"-and she
went to bed disappointed.
Visitors at Hayward castle break.
tasted, of course, at any time during
the morning; but the family and
household always assembled to morn
ing prayers at a quarter to 8, and
breakfast formally began directly
afterwards. Mr.. Hawk had learned
this, and was in the breakfast
room early-the only guest pres
emit. No one else turned up but Lord
and Lady Hayward themselves, Rose
Mannering, who always appeared
with her charge at this time, and the
servants. Even Miss Collette was too
tired to come down, though no N
was stricter, theoretically, on the
subject of family prayers. Howgrate-
full was Lady Hayward, half an hour
afterward, that her sister had been
late that morning!
The servants all came in led by the
butler and the stately housekeeper,
and Lord Hayward read prayers. Mr..
Hawk sat very quietly in the shadow
of q curtain.
With all decorum the servants filed
out again, and Mr.. Hawk did not
move. The moment the door closed
on the last of them he learned over
to Lord Hayward.
"My lord" he said, "may the men
servants watch the windows OF this
room outside for a few minutes?
Don't ask me to explain, there's no
time to lose"
The old butler came in at that
moment, carrying q silver coffee pot.
Lord Hayward gave the order.
ssAnd tell them to keep their eyes
OPEN" added Mr.. Hawk. "We've
got to deal with the lightest pair OF
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